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Today at 10am: A Boatload of Hearings on the Hill
Today at 10am, there will be a number of hearings that may be of interest to Lawfare readers: House Judiciary Committee hearing on "Examining Recommendations to Reform FISA Authorities." Link is here. T... -
Two Thoughts on the Sanger/Shanker Story on NSA Infiltration of Foreign Networks
David Sanger and Thom Shanker have a lengthy story in the NYT about various NSA techniques for penetrating foreign computers and networks, including a strategy for accessing seemingly air-gapped computer... -
Describing Bob Litt in Contradictory Terms?
In his profile yesterday of DNI General Counsel Bob Litt, the Washington Post's Greg Miller writes: Litt has donated tens of thousands of dollars to Democratic candidates and causes, and friends describe... -
Most Snowden Documents Concern Current U.S. Military Operations
One hears that the worst of the Snowden documents (from the perspective of the USG) have not yet been released, and one wonders what that might mean. Yesterday’s story that “most of the documents he too... -
Best Correction of the Month
From the Financial Times: Apology to His Excellency Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed al Khalifa -
Cole and Lederman, and Morell, on Review Group Report
Marty Lederman has a good summary of the highlights of the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies at Just Security. And he and David Cole have a lengthy post on what th... -
My Correspondence with Rick Perlstein: You Decide
On Saturday, I posted this piece in response to a particularly slimy blog post on The Nation's web site. The post dealt with Lawfare's relationship with the New Republic and the sponsorship of our joint ... -
40,000 Foot Reactions to President’s Review Group Report and Recommendations
Pre-Snowden, the USG faced few constraints in its collection and analysis other than what the law imposed and what its large budget permitted. Within these constraints, the USG could focus almost solely... -
Call for Papers: Stanford Journal of International Law
Jose Aleman, Editor-in-Chief of the Stanford Journal of International Law, writes in with this seemingly quite Lawfare-relevant announcement: As the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 Commission Report approa... -
Eugene Robinson Gets it Wrong on Drones
Over at the Washington Post, columnist Eugene Robinson has a piece decrying the morality of drone strikes---a piece that expresses with an admirable economy of words nearly every conceptual error one can... -
Madison’s Vacillations—And Ours: Seeing a Founder, an Opposition Leader, a Muddle-Through Executive, and a Wartime President in Ourselves
Americans vacillate over national security and government power. We want an effective intelligence community, but we do not want too much surveillance or collection. We want to rein in the NSA, but we al... -
"For the Rest of Time" -- Really?
How long will the enhanced security state in America last? Apparently, some think it will be "for the rest of time." That has to be wrong. As readers of this blog know, I live on Capitol Hill and walk...
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